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Wong Liu Tsong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961), known professionally as Anna May Wong, was an American actress, considered the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood, [1] as well as the first Chinese American actress to gain international recognition. [2] Her varied career spanned silent film, sound film, television, stage, and radio.
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Jun 16, 2024 · Anna May Wong (born January 3, 1905, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died February 3, 1961, Santa Monica, California) was an American actress who overcame discrimination and racism to become one of the first Asian Americans to have a successful film career in Hollywood.
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Anna May Wong, the first Chinese-American movie star, was born Wong Liu Tsong on January 3, 1905, in Los Angeles, California, to laundryman Wong Sam Sing and his wife, Lee Gon Toy. A third-generation American, she managed to have a substantial acting career during a deeply racist time when the taboo against miscegenation meant that Caucasian ...
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Anna May Wong in Daughter of the Dragon (1931)- Anna May Wong in Bits of Life (1921)
- Bramwell Fletcher, Harold Minjir, and Anna May Wong in Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
- Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Emile Chautard, Louise Closser Hale, Lawrence Grant, Eugene Pallette, and Anna May Wong in Shanghai Express (1932)
- Bramwell Fletcher and Anna May Wong in Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
- Anthony Averill, Margaret Lindsay, and Anna May Wong in When Were You Born? (1938)
- Emile Chautard, Louise Closser Hale, Lawrence Grant, Eugene Pallette, and Anna May Wong in Shanghai Express (1932)
- Warner Oland and Anna May Wong in Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
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Oct 18, 2022 · LOS ANGELES — As a 14-year-old girl, the daughter of immigrants in this city’s Chinatown, Anna May Wong talked her way into her first role in a movie. Over the decades-long career that followed,...
Apr 30, 2024 · Anna May Wong rose to fame as an actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Living from 1905 to 1961, when the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and its extensions were enforced, Wong...
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Appearing in over sixty movies throughout her career, Anna May Wong was the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood. In addition to her roles in silent films, television, and stage, Wong landed a role in one of the first movies made in Technicolor. Internationally recognized, her legacy continues to influence entertainers around the world.
Oct 19, 2022 · Actress Anna May Wong is set to become the first Asian American to be featured on US currency. She will appear as part of an effort to feature notable women on American quarters.
